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New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

I lead major enterprise research initiatives at Coursera that align business value, product performance, and user needs.

New York, New York, United States

I scope, run, and evangelize results from qualitative & quantitative research studies. I work closely with product managers, designers, & product marketers to use extremely actionable research insights to shape multi-year product roadmaps. My works cuts across B2C and B2B segments and various user segments.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Led customer discovery, strategy, & early design of app serving Mongolian water customers for a $350M U.S. aid project• Continually iterated on workflows for my 6-person team producing design specs for a $400M water treatment plant (WTP)• Primary client contact on $160M WTP project, coordinating technical experts to translate needs into design deliverables• Built financial models and assessed logistics & operational plans to guide design of novel Kenyan biofuel briquette factory• Won $4.5M of work by leading technical proposal teams of 20+ contributors• Built data models and analysis pipelines in Power BI to support Innovation Office investment portfolio• Delivered $1M+ of project work on time, spec, and budget while managing teams up to 6 people• Scoping a spec-automation product to boost company efficiency on repetitive design deliverables

San Francisco Bay Area

- Conducted extensive ethnographic interviews with parents of young children- Deployed design thinking frameworks to identify evening transitions as a key factor hurting sleep quality for parents and their young kids- Executed over 250 hours of user testing- Rapidly iterating as we incorporate feedback into product design; currently testing prototype version 3

San Francisco Bay Area

- Supporting deal pipeline with techno-economic analysis and system design for a startup deploying distributed energy resources to remote telecom sites- Executed 24-hour hustle in the Dominican Republic to design and build electricity load monitor from local parts and install on two tower sites; secured LOI and term sheet negotiations

San Francisco Bay Area

- Earned an MS Chemical Engineering degree focused on clean energy and water- Relentlessly challenged myself to build my entrepreneurial and design skills through projects with the engineering and design schools- Led a 5-person team and conducted extensive customer interviews to design a campus energy-management product and business plan as part of a Technology Venture Formation class- Implemented a go-to-market strategy for an AI platform company that was validated by social media marketing experiments attaining 2.5X industry average clickthrough rate- Performed data analysis using R, Python, Excel, and Matlab for course projects

Modesto, California Area

- Reporting directly to the Director of Process Technology Development, I developed an alternative tannin tool impacting $15M+ of annual wine sales- Built a VBA Excel script that accurately correlated the chemical profiles of different combinations of oak alternative products with their sensory characteristics- Presented my work directly to Gallo’s VP of Engineering

Fayetteville, Arkansas Area

I analyzed the efficacy of ozonation vs. rival technologies like ultrafiltration for water disinfection; designed, built, and tested a dissolved-ozone delivery system to disinfect water in a recirculating aquaculture system; and administered $10,000 project budget, sourced parts, and controlled purchasing for a team of six. The system was demo'd at a test site in Hawaii shortly after I left to begin my Master's work.

Bentonville, Arkansas

After researching and comparing different data visualization tools, I independently implemented Microsoft’s Power BI platform to analyze customer data. This work included running queries using MySQL and PowerQuery tools, designing graphics, and creating dashboards to clearly and effectively display client information. I kept company executive informed of project progress with regular reports and presentations.Alongside this work, I initiated a method that turned an 8-hour data-entry job into a 10-minute task after hearing a co-worker complain.

Berlin, Germany

I delivered lessons in settings ranging from one-on-one mentoring to classes of 20+ students. Clients included German government unemployment programs, employees and executives at companies like Volkswagen, Zolando, Deutsche Bahn, and Teva.At Berlitz, I rapidly demonstrated leadership ability and was selected by management to teach in the center's highest-revenue programs within two months of starting.

Hamilton, New Zealand

I characterized nitrate-removal kinetics in woodchip bioreactors at various sites in New Zealand and fostered links between New Zealand, German, and American scientists and business people.I presented my work to groups of school children, academics, and farmers, and gave interviews to local news sources.

Bentonville, Arkansas

I collaborated closely with Quality Assurance, Design, and Account Management teams. My responsibilities included preparing business intelligence reports on competitors, potential markets, and potential enterprise software and hardware to improve company performance and to integrate into our own product.I proved my dedication to the team's success by staying after-hours to interview product users to verify data integrity in response to client concerns and drove 500 miles on 12 hours' notice to achieve a company goal.

Used spectroscopy, fluorescent microscopy, and manual methods to investigate a novel drug for combatting parasitic nematodes in humans and livestock, compiling work into undergraduate honors thesis

Athens, Georgia

Nurtured cell cultures, conducted fluorescence assays, performed PCR, and got my hands dirty in the greenhouse to develop transgenic switchgrass and rice for cellulosic biofuels.

Master'S Degree, Chemical Engineering: Materials For Clean Energy And Water

Chemical Engineering, 4.0

Bachelor Of Science In Environmental Science, Environmental Chemistry, Summa Cum Laude With Highest Honors

Activities and Societies: Pi Kappa Phi, Foundation Fellows, Alpha Epsilon Pi